- a person who installs or repairs telephone, telegraph, or other wires.
- one of the players in the line, as a center, guard, tackle, or end.
- a person who marks the positions of a survey mark with a range pole or the like.
- another name for platelayer
- a person who does the chaining, taping, or marking of points for a surveyor
- (formerly) the member of a beach life-saving team who controlled the line used to help drowning swimmers and surfers
- a member of the row of players who start each down positioned on either side of the line of scrimmage
- US and Canadian another word for linesman (def. 2)